PCCW has reported its first-half net profit edged lower as revenue from telecommunications services declined due to the weakening Hong Kong economy. The dominant telco said its net profit for the six months ended June 30 was HK$654 million Hong Kong dollars ($83.8 million), down 0.3 per cent from HK$656 million a year earlier. Revenue […]

Australian Internet service provider iiNet has revealed that it is planning to launch an IPTV service shortly, with introduction in the first half of next year deemed most likely. “It will probably be in the first half of next year,” said Michael Malone, Managing Director of iiNet. “We are still playing around with our own […]

Reports in Germany say that Vodafone Germany has stopped marketing its ADSL-based IPTV service to new customers. Instead the telecoms company is preparing a new IPTV offering, with a possible launch in mid-2010. Until then, Vodafone will revise the offer, developing and exploring increasing convergence between fixed line and mobile services. 'We will tailor our […]

Swisscom has doubled the number of subscribers to its Bluewin IPTV service during the year to the end of June for a total of 165,000 customers after adding 26,000 during the second quarter. The Swiss telco said the simplified installation process introduced last year was proving successful with about 85% of new Bluewin TV customers […]

Swisscom has doubled the number of subscribers to its Bluewin IPTV service during the year to the end of June for a total of 165,000 customers after adding 26,000 during the second quarter. The Swiss telco said the simplified installation process introduced last year was proving successful with about 85% of new Bluewin TV customers […]

Ericsson Nikola Tesla has signed IPTV contract with main Georgian mobile operator Magticom. The contract is worth over 17 million kunas. This end-to-end IPTV solution will consist of Ericsson middleware, Tandberg TV headend with initial capacity of 74 TV channels, Video on Demand (VoD) functionality, along with satellite antenna subsystem and set-top boxes, as well […]

FiOS TV subscribers now can enjoy more home-entertainment choices as Verizon continues to expand its video-on-demand (VOD) programming with several new offerings. FiOS TV customers now can watch the AMC hit show “Mad Men,” shop any time with HSN, and watch classic and contemporary Disney movies and animated shorts from Disney Family Movies. Also, new-release […]

FiOS TV subscribers now can enjoy more home-entertainment choices as Verizon continues to expand its video-on-demand (VOD) programming with several new offerings. FiOS TV customers now can watch the AMC hit show “Mad Men,” shop any time with HSN, and watch classic and contemporary Disney movies and animated shorts from Disney Family Movies. Also, new-release […]

Belgacom's IPTV business has posted year on year revenue growth of 53.3% in the first six months of 2009. 82,000 customer adds took subscriber numbers to 589,000, delivering revenues of E59 million. "Belgacom TV has become the success story of the audio-visual sector, in scarcely four years. This performance is recognized internationally. Belgacom's digital TV […]

Europe’s biggest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, has said it was on track to meet its full-year targets and aimed to split its TalkTalk telecoms business from its Best Buy Europe retail venture in March. There is also a potential foray into an IPTV service, which the company is considering following the acquisition of Tiscali, […]